Input your search keywords and press Enter.

Top Stories

Chinese strike diamond riches

According to figures provided to Parliament last week by the Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Gift Chimanikire, Anjin Investments (Private) Limited extracts an average of 234 749, 92 carats per month, compared to Mbada Diamonds' 164 489,18 carats per month.Marange resources, which is wholly owned by…

Khaya-Moyo denies riches

One of the leaked United States classified cables claim that Khaya Moyo was among ZANU-PF members and ministers who owned conservancies.In a statement, Khaya-Moyo, said he neither owns a conservancy in Gwaai Valley Conservancy area nor in any part of the country."The Ministry responsible or national parks can…

Association wants Nyachowe probed

ECAZ, a body dominated by councillors from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), believes Nyachowe could be prejudicing desperate homeseekers by selling them stands on a property designated for agricultural use.The association wrote to the Zimbabwe Republic Police Serious Fraud Section and the Anti-Corruption Commission on Sept-ember 29,…

Lawmakers to get windfall

The move to back-date allowances for legislators could see each lawmaker pocketing thousands of greenbacks at a time when some of the members of the bicameral Parliament are accused of failing to account for Constituency Development Funds.Parliament's presiding officers recently wrote to the Office of the President and…

‘Ministers plotted terror’

According to revelations contained in a United States diplomatic cable dated June 2, 2000, former home affairs minister, Dumiso Dabengwa, who is now the leader of the revived ZAPU, had opposed State-backed violence during Cabinet deliberations, but was allegedly sidelined.Msipa is alleged to have added that during the…

Mugabe poll plan collapses

The ZANU-PF leader is eager to have elections in the first quarter of 2012 to terminate the inclusive government that has become a thorn in the flesh for the three parties constituting it due to inter-party clashes.He had hoped to have polls this year, but his plan collapsed…

SA deportations worry ZANU-PF

Pretoria - South Africa's administrative capital - had sought to offer the undocumented Zimbabwean nationals legal status by compelling them to apply for work, business and study permits, but only a handful took up the offer.Less than 300 000 applications were received from Zimbabweans residing in South Africa illegally,…

Mugabe takes aim, Tsvangirai strikes

The Financial Gazette can reveal that a silent war is being waged in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) against those that criticised the premier as being weak and indecisive.The earliest casualty being former legislator and the party's treasurer-general, Roy Bennett, who expressed shock this week that he…

ZANU-PF accused of hijacking fund

The DIMAF was officially launched by Finance Minister, Tendai Biti on Monday to resuscitate ailing industries in Bulawayo, the commercial capital of Mata-beleland.Nearly 80 firms in Bulawayo have closed shop or relocated to Harare in the past 10 years or so, throwing about 20 000 people into the…

SADC rubbishes ZANU-PF claims

In 2008, Justice and Legal Affairs Minister, Patrick Chinamasa disclosed the alleged training of MDC militia by the country's western neighbour, adding that evidence had since been provided to SADC.But revelations contained in United States cables leaked by international whistle-blower, Wikileaks indicate that SADC then instituted an investigation…